14.9% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Currimundi · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Currimundi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Currimundi shows mixed levels of community involvement, with its most striking feature being a very high rate of former and current service members. While volunteering is less common than in many similar areas, the community's contribution through unpaid care and defence service remains notable.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.9% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas. This figure is about the same as the state and national averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 12.6% of residents provide unpaid care, a figure slightly above the Queensland average. Unpaid childcare is also common at 26.3%, while 22.5% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is a little above the national figure.
12.6% ▲ +7.2%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.3% ▼ -14.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
A much higher share of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.8%, this is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.8%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Currimundi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30773/currimundi/topic/community